Verisign (VRSN)
NASDAQInformation TechnologySoftware - InfrastructureSnapshot 2026-09-04
$292.08-0.43%
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NASDAQInformation TechnologySoftware - InfrastructureSnapshot 2026-09-04
QuarterlyIQ Insights · VRSN
Price, fair value, and the multiples that frame it on the same time axis. Scroll over the price chart to zoom.
Daily closes. Earnings/event dots inline.
A consensus fair price across 9 valuation methods, at three horizons. As of 2026-09-04. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
Today's peer multiple on trailing earnings, with no growth credited. This is the headline read.
Adds projected growth, so it leans optimistic by design. Read it as upside context, not a base case.
We take the 12-month fair value above and grade our own number — how the market prices this name versus what we'd justify, and where the two diverge.
At $292 VRSN trades at 32× p/e, below its 33× p/e peer median, but our blended $252 fair value sits below the price. It's a high-confidence read. Even valued only for durable growth at sustainable margins, it's worth about $331 — above today's price, so the premium reflects that growth case, not pure multiple expansion. Not investment advice.
One valuation read at a 12-month horizon, plus how price compares to peers and the company's own history.
Score 100 = cheapest in the cohort, 0 = richest. Bars are filled left-to-right based on the peer-relative score (or PEG/self-history where shown).
Each method's implied share price per horizon. Provisional rows use a projected (historical-CAGR) growth input rather than analyst or management guidance.
| Method | Horizon | Est. price | Multiple | Per-share input | EPS source | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dcf fcfe | 12M | $328.97 | — | — | Hist. CAGR | high |
| dcf fcff | 12M | $236.28 | — | — | Hist. CAGR | high |
| Peer EV/EBITDA | 12M | $171.62 | 14.5 | 12.99 | TTM | high |
| Peer P/FCF | 12M | $281.66 | 24.1 | 11.70 | TTM | high |
| Peer P/E | 12M |
A “consensus-then vs. actual-now” overlay is on the way — what our valuation estimate said on a past date versus where the price actually landed.
Not investment advice. Scores describe historical and current data; they are not forecasts of future returns. Consult a licensed advisor before making investment decisions.
A long-thesis check that carries the widest uncertainty of the three horizons.
Below average on quality vs scored peers
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
Only weak execution quality — not the full expensive x weak x turbulent stack. Regime (Mania) does not concentrate fragility.
For similar setups historically (n=20,154): about 33% saw a 20%+ drawdown, and roughly 76% of those did not recover within the year. These are historical base rates for the cohort, not a forecast of this stock.
At today's price you pay about 94% over what the business is worth with no growth; closing that gap needs roughly 14.0 years of the forecast growth to come through. These describe the expectations embedded in the price, not a forecast of the move. Reverse-DCF base: $9.45/sh owner earnings.
Roughly priced in line with peers.
Around its own typical valuation.
Trailing four: 2012-Q3, 2013-Q1, 2013-Q2, 2013-Q3
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
| $218.73 |
| 20.5 |
| 10.68 |
| ntm analyst |
| high |
| Peer P/S | 12M | $69.35 | 3.7 | 18.75 | TTM | high |
| PEG | 12M | $169.88 | 18.4 | 9.22 | TTM | high |
| Own P/E history | 12M | $278.86 | 30.2 | 9.22 | TTM | high |
| triangulated | 12M | $312.60 | 33.5 | 9.34 | Triangulated | high |
| Peer P/FCF | 3Y | $350.55 | 24.1 | 14.56 | Hist. CAGR(prov.) | medium |
| Peer P/E | 3Y | $266.53 | 20.5 | 13.01 | Analyst | medium |
| Peer P/S | 3Y | $91.63 | 3.7 | 24.77 | Analyst | medium |
| PEG | 3Y | $239.76 | 18.4 | 13.01 | Analyst | medium |
| Own P/E history | 3Y | $393.57 | 30.2 | 13.01 | Analyst | medium |
| Peer P/FCF | 5Y | $405.60 | 24.1 | 16.85 | Hist. CAGR(prov.) | high |
| Peer P/E | 5Y | $319.51 | 20.5 | 15.60 | Analyst | high |
| Peer P/S | 5Y | $109.85 | 3.7 | 29.69 | Analyst | high |
| PEG | 5Y | $287.42 | 18.4 | 15.60 | Analyst | high |
| Own P/E history | 5Y | $471.80 | 30.2 | 15.60 | Analyst | high |